The Hawaii Space Flight Lab and the LEONIDAS Project

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The Hawaii Space Flight Lab and the LEONIDAS
Project
NSF Workshop on Small Satellite Missions for
Space Weather and Atmospheric Research May 15,
2007

• Luke Flynn, Director HSFL
• Wayne Shiroma, Co-Director HSFL
• Lloyd French, Program Manager HSFL
• School of Ocean Earth Science Technology and
• College of Engineering
• University of Hawaii at Manoa

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HSFL Objectives

• Development of a reliable, low-cost,
  rapid-response launch system capable of providing
  1 3 year science and technological research
  missions in low-Earth orbit.
• Development of a training activity to create a
  skilled technical workforce for future space
  missions.
• End-to-end small satellite development,
  integration, launch, communications and telemetry
  management.
• Sustainable satellite integration and launch
  activity through Pacific Missile Range Facility
  (PMRF)/UH partnership.
• Validation of space-borne hardware and
  software.
• 1st mission in FY09, 2nd mission in FY10.
  Sustained rate of at least 1 mission per year.
• Missions designated as Science and Technology
  for the University (STU).

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Hawaii Space Flight Lab

• Collaborative program between the University of
  Hawaiis School of Ocean and Earth Science and
  Technology (SOEST) and College of Engineering
  (CoE).
• Connections through the Hawaii Space Grant
  Consortium since 2001.
• CoE provides small satellite engineering
  experience
• National Electrical Engineering Undergraduate
  Students of the year in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
• Engineering faculty specializing in nano- and
  micro-sat design.
• SOEST provides instrumentation design and science
  applications
• Faculty with instrument building experience.
• Faculty investigators on many NASA missions.
• HSGC provides NASA support
• Network of 52 space grant consortia in each State
  as well as District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
• Grant funds for undergraduate and graduate
  fellowships.
• Connections to NASA Centers and NASA HQ through
  Office of Education.

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Hawaii Space Flight Lab Org Chart
NASA, DoD, University Program Offices
HSFL Director
NASA/Hawaii Space Grant

External Partners
HSFL Management Team
Project Missions CoE
HSFL Administration HIGP
Spacecraft CoE, Industry
Integration Test CoE
Ground Stations HIGP
Data Management HIGP, Data Center
Instrument HIGP, CoE, Industry
Mission Operations HIGP, CoE
Launch UH, PMRF, KTF
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Partnership Chart (Support Roles)

• Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)
• Local launch facility and mission support
  elements
• Workforce needs
• Environmental restrictions govern sizes of
  potential launch vehicles
• Kauai Test Facility (KTF)/ Sandia National Lab
• Heritage with solid rockets and missile design
• Heritage working with PMRF as on-site contractor
• Heritage with successful sub-orbital launches
• Will provide training for technical transfer to
  University of Hawaii
• NASA Centers (Ames and JPL)
• NASA Ames Director S. Pete Worden signed an MOU
  with the Governor of Hawaii on March 8, 2007 to
  explore collaborative research options.
• Plans to collaborate on spacecraft and payload
  development for STU-2
• JPL/Ames providing technical support and a
  software experiment on the STU-1 UH
  microsatellite

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How Will We Do This?
Integration and Test
Spacecraft

• Clean rooms in UH/POST will be used to assemble
  satellites.
• Systems integration
• Thermo-vac testing
• Vibration testing
• Launch vehicle component integration

• Partner with industry, NASA Centers (Ames and
  JPL), and others to advance small spacecraft
  design and capabilities.
• Design, build, launch, and operate 40-kg small
  satellite that can be configured for a variety of
  science and educational tasks.
• Support technology validation missions for
  government agencies (NASA, DoD), as well as other
  University or corporate missions.

• Draw from cadre of EE and ME students in CoE
  CubeSat Small Satellite Group.

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PMRF UH Telemetry Plan for LEONIDAS (STU 1)

• Mission Operations Plan
• PMRF handles telemetry for first week of
  operations. UHF uplink, S-band downlink
• Hand-off and coincident data collection occurs
  in 2nd mission week.
• UH MOC handles operations after 2nd week.
• Mission Data Plan
• During 1st two weeks, data feed from Makaha Ridge
  provided to UH MOC through PMRF
• Data archived for UH MOC on DVD-ROM
• Matched systems allow for emergency PMRF back-up
  in case of UH MOC failure.

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LEONIDAS Project

• LEONIDAS Low Earth Orbit Nanosat-Integrated
  Defense Autonomous System
• Original plan included chain of satellites to
  pass information to a single ground station and
  observe target area.
• Satellite chain would be used for surveillance
  and disaster relief efforts.
• Small satellite networks can be more robust than
  single larger satellites because nodes can become
  inoperable but mission can still be accomplished.

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HSFL First Project LEONIDAS

• LEONIDAS starts with 4.0 Million in funding in
  FY 07.
• LEONIDAS project costs cover two launches and
  two spacecraft. Partial cost-matches by NASA,
  University of Hawaii, and the State of Hawaii.
• Spacecraft would leverage less-expensive,
  already-developed, Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
  (COTS) systems. Stable platform for remote
  sensing applications in 40-kg class.
• Develop plug-and-play architecture for multiple
  payload configurations. Satellite is low-cost
  platform for flight validation of advanced
  technologies.
• NASA JPL/Ames vehicle health and autonomous
  spacecraft software experiment on first mission.
• LEONIDAS Missions 1 and 2 designated as
  Science and Technology for the University (STU)
  1 and 2.
• Basic Mission Parameters for LEONIDAS-1 and 2
  (STU-1 and 2)
• Mission Objectives Remote Sensing
• Payload Mass 150 kg
• Orbit 400 km retrograde (1 3 year mission)

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Future and Benefits

• The HSFL will provide a gateway for
  university-class and small satellite space
  access. Potential to relieve log-jam of national
  small satellite projects waiting for space
  validation of hardware.
• UH to provide student training opportunities from
  spacecraft design to launch to on-orbit
  operations.
• Reliable, low-cost access to Earth orbit for
  small payloads.
• Total recurring cost is 9.0 million/launch
  this cost can be subdivided between multiple
  payloads.
• Design payload adapter to reduce costs for
  nanosat deployments.
• Workforce development and training of the future
  space industry. Links through NASA Space Grant
  provide contacts to every State.

• More about the HSFL
• Justin Akagi Poster UH CubeSat Group
• Lloyd French Poster HSFL Organization and
  Objectives

LEONIDAS Mentor and Team Members